An exiled squirrel plans to rob a nut store to provide food for his former colony. Unfortunately, the store is also a front for bank robbers. To sum it all up: as a simple, but easy-going animated crime/caper pastiche, The Nut Job provides enough in the way of colorful entertainment. Endless wordplay and dumb slapstick do not a rewarding animation make. Pun-ishing. It also attempts to transition the action from gritty and “adult” (there’s foul language and gun violence in the short) to silly and kiddie. And I can’t say that the trip was worth it.